Button-setting machine.



Patented may us, 1902..

F. E. STANLEY.

BUTTON SETTING MACHINE.

(Apphoation filed Dan. 28, 1900) 3 Sheets-Sheet I,

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F. E. STANLEY. BUTTON SETTING MACHINE.

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BUTTON SETTING MACHINE.

(Application filed Dec. 26, 1900,)

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SPECIFICATION formingipart of Letters Patent-No. 699,721, dated May is, 1902.

' ApplicationfileiDecember26,1900; SrittlNo. 41,681.. (llo'modeld a T aZZ whom ifl; 11mg concern, V N I 'Be itfknown that I, FREDERIQK S A L za i ize o hdU tcl i es s atfWaterbiny, in the county of New Haven and State of' flonnecticllfi, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Button-Setting Machines, of which thefollowing is a full, clear, and eicaetdeseription. e

'l heobject of this invention is to provide for inoreperfect and expeditious affixing of buttons to garinents by means of tacks or similar metallic fastening's. U fj a s of. mach ne m l ich he. a k is fed automatically 16, thej buttonlprovision must; be inade for presenting the tack to the button andthen p'ermittingthe action of the setting-plunger and the moving of the garment as each button; is set so a's to receive the butt'onjnext to beset, My invention relates'to this set of devices and itslassociated parts; an itconsists of a: tack, receiverand carrier which reeeives'the tack from the raceway, presents itto the plunger, advances with the plunger to thebutton nntilthe tack.- po n n e the. b t on, a d then: Swings aside tofreej itself from the, tack hile the latter, is held between the plungenand the button,;so as to permitthewfnrther descent of the plunger neeessary to afiix the button to the garment byjthe clenching otthe tackpoint within thebnttondneto the pressureor blow of the plunger, allas lfwill p roceiednow more particularly to. setli'orth and finally claim. y n he qc mpanyingdrawings. illustrating my invention, in the'sev eral figures of which like parts are similarly designated, Figure 1 is a side elevation of snffioient of abn'ttonsetting machine toshoW, my invention in position. fFig. 2 is a frontelevation, Fig. 3,.is a rearelevation, omitting the table and parts below it andthe plnnger pitman. Fig. 4; isapartial sectional sidefelevation Fig. 5 is a horizontal sectionm'na larger scale, taken in thepla'n'eflof line '5 5, Fig. Land. looking down! '],Fig, j6"is perspective view of the tackreceiverand carrier detaohedl Fig.7,is p sp iv w 9 he'es apeme 8 is across-section substantially in the plane ofthe top of the bearing endof the machine} arm and on a larger scale.

I The stand linay have a bracket 2,in which is, theshaft 3, having a'band-wheeL i and a clutch inechanismo, Fig: 2, of any approved construction, for starting and stopping'the machine. On this shaft is fixed aeanl disk 6,, (see dotted lines, Fig. 2,) which is theae tuater for the operative parts of the machine, On the stand is a table7, and'fronh thistable rises an overhanging arm "8, in which is mounted a vertieally-reciprocating plunger 9:, connected by a link 10 'With a lever'll,which isfuleru ned on a'post 12 onarnl 8. "Thislever ll'has its other end connectedtoa pitman 13, W-hieh is pivoted atlito the cam-disk 6. This pit nan mayb'ein two parts connected by a right and left hand nut orturnbu'ck'le15 for adjusting its effective length. Byrotation of the cam-disk the leverll is vibrated and the plunger 'reciprocat'ed positively. lAlongside of the plunger and in abearing in ,the arm 8 is a rod 16,h'aving*fast atitslovver end an armgl'l, provided witlIaj poeketis, made with a notch 19 andextendin'g across into thefpath of movement of and beneath the plunger. Above the arm 8'thefrod16" is provided With an arm' 20, the hub ofwhich T is seated in an appropriate r'ecess'in tharin 8,, as seenin Fig. .2, and thiszartn is kevedto the rod 16, (see details, Fig. 8,) so as tojtnrn itfandat the same time .perniit said rod' to move longitudinally through the said arniBO underthe pressure of the d'escendingjplunger and againstthe stress of a spring-21,arranged around the rod above the arm 20 and beneath the cap piece or nut 22; The arm 20 test lin1; 2 3 extending rearwardly and jointed to 1 a rocker-arm 24 on short shaft 25', housed in a bearing 26 on thetable 7, said shaft havingfarocker-arm 27, which hasfarollerfzsf in contact with the cam-disk 6. (See? FigsQl deep. By means of theseconnectionsjwith of the pocketed arm is timed to occur just as the plunger is ready to give the final setting blow to the'tack, as will presently appear. The pocketed arm constitutes the salient element of that which is hereinbefore and hereinafter referred to as the tack receiver and carrier. The arm 27 and its roller 28 are held in contact with the cam-disk by spring 29, and the spring 21 suffices to lift the receiver and carrier back to starting position, Figs. 1 and 2, when the latter is freed from the plunger.

The turret or hopper 30 is mounted in a plate 31, which is secured to a bracket 32, which in turn is secured to the arm 8, and this turret has its spindle provided with a ratchet 33. 34 is avibrating lever loosely supported upon the spindle of the turret and carrying a pawl 35, which by the vibration of the lever 34 imparts a step-by-step feed movement to the turret, and this feed movement is accomplished by means of a link 36, attached at one end to the vibrating lever and at its other end to a rocker-arm 37, pivoted to the bracket 32 and having a fork 38, which is engaged by a pin 39 on the lever 11. The plate 31 supports the raceway or tack-chute 40, the lower end of which is twisted at 41, so as to turn the tack-point down for delivery to the tack receiver and carrier and presentation to the plunger for insertion in the button.

The escapement for controlling the delivery of the tacks one by one consists of a plate 42, pivoted to the bottom of the raceway and having a bridge-piece 43, which extends over the face of the chute or raceway and has a curved slot 44, the opposite ends of which aline with the slot in the raceway at different times, so that when the upper end of this curved slot is in line with the slot in the raceway a tack may enter the curved slot and be discharged from the lower end of the curved slot when the escapement is vibrated in the opposite direction to put such lower end of the curved slot in alinement with the slot in the raceway. The vibratory motion of the plate 42 is accomplished by means of a link 45, which is connected, as seen in Fig. 3, with the vibrating lever 34 to move simultaneously with the feed motion of the turret. The normal position of the escapement is with a solid portion of the upper edge of its bridge projected across the slot in the raceway, so as to arrest the descending column of tacks. The tacks are delivered to the tack receiver and carrier one by one.

It will be understood that in the normal upward position of the tack receiver and carrier the latter is in alinement with the tack chute or raceway and forms a continuation thereof, so that the tack, released by the escapement, emerges from the chute into the pocket of the tack receiver and carrier with its point turned down, as before described.

The anvilin which the button is placed may consist of a plate 46, having a cavity 47, in which the button is placed, within which is a pin 48, and this plate 46 is supported upon a spring-sustained post 49. As shown, the preferred form of anvil is adjustable; but the invention is not limited to any particular form of anvil or button-support.

I have thus described in detail the construction which at this time is deemed the best for carrying out the principle of my invention; but I wish to be understood as not limiting my invention to such details, excepting as the same are hereinafter made specific parts of the claims.

The operation has already been sufficiently indicated in the foregoing description, but may be summarized thus: Tackshaving been placed in the turret and the machine properly supplied with power through the medium of the band-wheel 4 and the button having been placed in the button-cavity 47, with its shank end up, the garment to be supplied with buttons is placed over the button-shank, and a tack having been released by the escapement through slot 44 descends through the twisted part of the chute or raceway and enters the notch in the pocket of the tack receiver and carrier with its point down, as indicated in Fig. 4, and then the plunger descends and carries with it the receiver and carrier until the point of the tack has pierced the garment and has entered the shank of the button, at which time the lump on the cam 6 engages the rocker-arm 27 and through shank 23 and arm 20 vibrates the rod 21 and swings out the tack receiver and carrier into the dottedline position, Fig. 5, and releases the tack and permits the further descent of the plun ger for the clenching of the tack in the button and the consequent setting of the button upon the garment. The pin 48 serves also as an anvil or support to prevent the deformation of the button face. As soon as the button is set the plunger is carried up, and as its active end passes the plane of the descended receiver and carrier said re- .ceiver and carrier is swung back again into normal position beneath the plunger and carried up into alinement with. the tack chute or raceway, ready to receive the next tack to be set, the escapement at this point being again vibrated to release another tack.

What I claim is 1. In a button-setting machine, having an overhanging arm, a tack-containing turret, a raceway discharging therefrom, a reciprocating plunger, the combined tack receiver and carrier comprising a rod 16 supported in a bearing in the overhanging arm independently of the plunger, a pocketed arm 17 rigid on saidrod adapted to alirie with the raceway to receive a tack therefrom and present it beneath the plunger, a spring 21. normally elevating said rod and arm, a crank-arm 2O fixed to turn said rod and permitting longitudinal movement of the rod through it, means to rock said crank-arm, and means to depress said plunger and thereby cause the said plunger to carry the said receiver and carrier with it in its descent away from the raceway and into proximity to the object to which the tack is to be applied, substantially as described.

2. In a button-settin g machine of the class described, having an overhanging arm and a reciprocating plunger therein, the combined tack receiver and carrier comprising a rod 16 having a bearing in the overhanging arm independently of the plunger, and capable of longitudinal and rotary movement in said bearing, a pocketed arm 17 rigid on said rod and a spring 21 normally holding the pocketed arm in operative alinement with the plunger and beneath it, combined with a crankarm 20 keyed to the rod and adapted to turn it and also permitting free longitudinal movement of the rod through it, and means to vibrate said crank-arm, substantially as described.

3. In a button-setting machine of the class described, having an overhanging arm and a reciprocating plunger therein, the combined tack receiver and carrier comprising a rod 16 having a bearing in the overhanging arm independently of the plunger,and capable of longitudinal and rotary movement in said bearing, a pocketed arm 17 rigid on said rod and a spring2l normallyholdin g the pocketed arm in operative alincment with the plunger and beneath it, combined with a crank-arm 20 keyed to the rod and adapted to turn it and also permitting free longitudinal movement of the rod through it, a link 23, rocker-arm 24, a camdisk and connections between the said disk and rocker-arm, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 24th day of December, A. D. 1900.

FREDERICK E. STANLEY. Witnesses:

CHARLES FEHL, T. R. HYDE, J r, 

